Newsvine - Nobel Laureate Is Timor's 2nd President
President-elect Jose Ramos-Horta, left, greets a Timorese veteran of the guerilla conflict with Indonesia during a ceremony honoring those that fought Tuesday, May 15, 2007 in Dili, East Timor. Ramos-Horta will be taking over as president from Xanana Gusmao after winning the presidential election held May 9.(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
DILI, EAST TIMOR — Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was sworn in as East Timor's second president on Sunday, and he vowed to unite the desperately poor nation more than a year after violence brought down its first government.
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